What happens when game designers meet philosophers? When scientists sit with storytellers? When the people making interactive culture stop performing and start talking?

We ran the experiment in November. Seventy people. Five hours. Conversations that wouldn't end.

"The start of a movement", someone said.

April 16, we do it again.

This edition of Play Praxis dives into the Human Mind and how meaningful play can help us understand ourselves and each other.

Three strands: Game Demos, Game Poems, Story Lab.

One roundtable and multiple sessions unfolding across the space.

And you won’t just attend, you’ll create!

With three guided sessions throughout the day, you’ll design your own short game, supported by designers and storytellers from the community.

Free coffee, tea, and nibbles.

After the sessions end, there is an afterparty, but the details are hidden somewhere in the experience.

You’ll have to play to find it.

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Play Praxis is an official side event of London Games Festival 2026 as part of The Legacy of Now Play This curated by Holly Gramazio, and supported by Games London ❤️